That criticism persists shows that the
Guardian’s enemies are suffering from an advanced case of what Orwell called
“transferred nationalism”: though nominally British they have transferred their
loyalty to the United States, and react to any threat to American interests as
if it were a threat their own.
I have always liked Nick Cohen, really.
We now know that, while the NSA has been
listening to 130 million people in France and Spain, it has not been listening
to David Cameron. Says it all.
And notice that the strongest opponents of
Leveson, for all the difference that it would make, are the strongest
supporters of the NSA.
They vilify our sovereign Parliament. They ridicule our "Medieval" Privy Council (which it is not). Their loyalty is elsewhere.
They vilify our sovereign Parliament. They ridicule our "Medieval" Privy Council (which it is not). Their loyalty is elsewhere.
But Cohen is also doing it, with his call for
"a British First Amendment". Amendment to what, exactly?
"Amendment to what exactly?"
ReplyDeleteWe have a written Constitution , like the US.
They should know-they copied it.
Check out the Eight Amendments. They are identical to the 1688 Bill of Rights.
Particularly the right to bear arms, the ban on "cruel and unusual punishment" (i.e torture) the ban on excessive bail or fines
And, of course, that most fundamental of freedoms; the right to trial by jury.
America's First Amendment was also directly inspired by our 1688 revocation of the old press licensing laws; the basis of our freedom ever since.
What could be more natural than a British First Amendment-since the US Constitution's greatest freedoms were borrowed from and inspired by us?
Further to my last post.
ReplyDeleteA British First Amendment, indeed-the US Constitution's greatest freedoms were copied from our very own 1688 Bill Of Rights.
What could be more natural and right than us copying from them, the one thing we didn't get right-enshrining free speech within it.
You are very, very, very confused.
ReplyDeleteMost people will have stopped reading at your first line. And they will have been right.
Most people who didn't know we had a written constitution.
ReplyDeleteBut that's a lie, and always was. We have a written constitution. Check it out.
And the US Constitution is, in very large part, based on it. Word for word, in many places.
Hopelessly confused.
ReplyDeleteDesperate to be some idea of an American.